Allergies

Tree Pollen Allergy

Trees are the earliest producers of pollen. They release pollen as early as January in Southern states and as late as May or June in Northern states. Trees may aggravate the symptoms of allergies even theyâ€™re not on your property because the tree pollen can be distributed miles away from the source.

Causes of Tree Pollen Allergy:

Out of 50,000 varieties of trees, nearly 100 trees trigger allergies. Most of the allergies are particular to the male cultivar of some trees or a type of tree, like:

Walnut

Sycamore

Pecan

Olive

Hickory

Elm

Catalpa

The female version of these species is completely free from pollen.

Willow

Poplar

Phoenix palm

Maple (Silver)

Maple (Red)

Date palm

Cottonwood

Box elder

Ash

However some people show cross-reactivity amongst trees in oak family, birch, beech and alder and also cedar and juniper families.

How to Prevent Tree Pollen Allergy?

Following are some of the possible strategies to deal with tree pollen allergy:

If you are buying trees for the yard, look for species which donâ€™t aggravate the symptoms of allergies, like: